1848 Knocking on the mountain and shaking the tiger

The war between Lan Li and Thomas has actually been ignited a long time ago, during the awards season, Lan Li put pressure on Thomas, and through Warner Bros. and Thomas started a lot of battles, the signing of "Jurassic World" is the final result of the game;

Since the two sides have clearly stood on opposite sides, then they must not be soft - because the slightest negligence, Thomas will never let go easily, whether it is ability or intelligence, whether it is level or wrist, Thomas is not Diesel, and the two cannot be regarded as opponents of the same level at all.

After Andy learned about Lan Li's overall plan, he carefully thought about some plans from the perspective of the overall situation, and then began to get busy.

The first thing was to dial the phone number of Lydia Brooks, the publicist of Lanli, and the two of them sorted out the ins and outs of the whole thing, and then Andy told Lydia all about Lanli's plan, and the two started a close conversation, and made arrangements in advance for the follow-up development of the matter, which ended the call, and then the two began to prepare in two ways.

Lydia let out the wind little by little through her connections, and put the inside information to TMZ in a roundabout way-

Lan Li joined "Jurassic World" because of Blythe.

Objectively speaking, the news is a bit ambiguous. In the face of reporters' doubts, Lan Li can be completely explained as, "I watched Blythe's performance and hope to have the opportunity to perform on the same stage in the future", which can only be barely indirectly related to the scandal.

But the paparazzi's interpretation can evolve into another version, which is much more exciting. However, before questioning the person directly, they need to gather more evidence to consolidate their theory.

What's more...... When did Lan Li arrive in Honolulu? The paparazzi actually left out the news again, and Lan Li went from London to Honolulu without attracting any attention, which was another dereliction of their job. But now the opportunity has arisen again, and before such a false scandal is officially announced, the paparazzi can take the lead in going to the crew in Honolulu to verify, and maybe they can dig up more exciting news.

For the paparazzi all over the world now, everyone is looking forward to being the one who can crack the "secret" of the blue ceremony, once the exclusive news is exposed, it will be a success, just like the extreme challenge of climbing Mount Everest.

Quietly, the paparazzi marched towards Honolulu, and the crew of "Jurassic World" began to be lively.

Wait, isn't there something wrong with the way things are going?

Now it is Andy and Lydia who take the initiative to release the "scandal" news and guide the paparazzi towards Honolulu, what kind of medicine is being sold in this gourd? Lan Li refuses to be involved in the scandal, and even refuses to intervene in Brythe's married life, not wanting the focus of the crew to shift unnecessarily, but now Lydia is lighting a fire in the backyard, what is going on?

Things gradually became clouded, but they couldn't see clearly.

Lydia is in charge of contacting the media, while Andy is in charge of contacting Universal Pictures – and even though Lan Li has already contacted Ron Meyer, he has to protest further from the agent's standpoint: this is definitely not going to be done lightly.

While Andy and Lydia quickly start to get busy, Lan Li's hanging up is still not over.

But this time the phone rang for a long time and was not connected, in desperation, Lan Li could only leave a message for the phone recording, but the message just said a sentence, "I am Lan Li, please call back", and the other party immediately picked up the phone.

At the same time, he was still muttering inaudible complaints and complaints - nothing more than expressing strong dissatisfaction with Lan Li's cold words, which sounded like death threats, which made people shudder, he originally wanted to avoid the phone, but he still picked up the phone head-on.

However, these words were all self-talk, and without waiting for Lan Li to respond, he said directly, "Is there something wrong? Why did you suddenly think of calling me?" The relaxed tone, just pretending that the complaint just now had not happened at all, was clearly deliberately letting Lan Li hear it without giving Lan Li a chance to find fault, it was really ...... Beware of the revenge of the eye.

Lan Li, who was sitting on the other end of the phone, paused slightly, and then laughed dumbly.

Arthur Hale muttered and grumbled but pretended nothing had happened, so whether he wanted Rite to find out or did he hope that Rite didn't find out - or did he want Rite to find out but pretended not to find out.

Such Arthur is somewhat unfamiliar.

At least, Lan Li had never seen this side of Arthur with his own eyes before, just as Lan Li showed a different face of himself little by little, Arthur was also showing his side when he got along with his friends. However, Lan Li is not surprised by this, such a small action is indeed in line with Arthur's character and style.

"You can keep busy. Lan Li responded solemnly.

Arthur, who was standing on the other end of the phone, rolled his eyes wide, "Are you sure?"

Even if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Lan Li could describe the white of Arthur's eyes from his tone, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but raise slightly, "Of course, you know. I've never liked to disturb people. If you're busy right now, say, and you have other people around you, then it's my faux pas. ”

"Preferably. Arthur whispered speechlessly, and he tried to fight back two more sentences, but after thinking about it, he swallowed all the words after allβ€”he lost in the end anyway, and he didn't want to continue to entangle," ...... Tell me, what the hell is going on? Why do I have a sense of foreboding? I always feel that something bad is going to happen, you know, I just saw a black cat passing by. ”

Black Cat ......

"I don't think it's a black cat, you probably just talked to Edith on the phone yesterday, right?" Lan Li means: Arthur and Edith always have a "sense of foreboding" when they stand together, but in fact, the two of them are the source of "ominous".

"Huh. Ha. Arthur chuckled dryly, "I'll pass on the original words to Edith." ”

"Oh. Lan Li replied simply, meaning "Look, I guessed right", "You just tell Edith".

Arthur was choked directly, and the words were stuck in his throat, almost out of breath, but he couldn't refute - God, Lan Li is really a demon, "Are you okay or okay? Call me all the way, is it just to complain? I don't remember how boring you used to be." ”

This time, Lan Li didn't continue to joke and went straight to the point, "Do you know Legendary Pictures?"

"Of course. Thomas Tool, who previously worked with Warner Bros. at the helm, switched to Universal Pictures last year. Arthur was no longer a layman who didn't know anything now, "Why, are we going to work with them?"

The ups and downs of the awards season, Arthur's understanding is certainly not so detailed, but he has a vague impression.

"Yes, we're ready for an official war. Lan Li didn't go around in circles, and said calmly and directly.

Arthur suddenly realized, "oh", his attention was concentrated, but he didn't forget to tease Lan Li in his words - such an opportunity is too rare, what a pity to miss it, "You are simply a gun target now, and there are enemies everywhere when you go around outside, which is not good for the development of the company, not good." ”

"Do you know now what we thought of you before?" Lan Li's casual retort immediately made Arthur roll his eyes fiercely, and he honestly closed his mouth, and then Lan Li continued, "I need you to investigate the current Wall Street funding sources of Legendary Pictures, and see if we can attract their investment." ”

Draw from the bottom of the kettle!

In fact, Lan Li knows that Sisyphus Pictures does not need the injection of Wall Street funds for the time being, and even consciously avoids this, but Lan Li also knows that the flow and injection of Wall Street funds is bound to be not so simple, not to mention that Sisyphus Pictures will take time to win their trust, and it is not so easy to shake the long-term cooperation between Wall Street and Legendary Pictures.

Therefore, the essence of the Wall Street funds that touched Legendary Pictures is not to grab food, but to knock on the mountain and shake the tiger.

First, it made Thomas realize that things were out of control, and the success or failure of "Jurassic World" was just a work for Lan Li, but for Thomas, it was the first work after the change, and he chose to leave Warner Bros. and come to Universal Pictures, and it was impossible for Wall Street funds to have no opinions, which also meant that Thomas had to further prove that his choice was correct, "Jurassic World" Success was even more important to Thomas, so it was wiser for them to choose to work together.

The second is to make Wall Street realize that they have other options besides Thomas, which can pave the way for the future, so that Sisyphus Pictures can be in the sights of Wall Street, and once they have successfully established themselves, they can win more leverage, and even if they join Wall Street funding, they can still maintain the independence of their work β€” just as Legendary Pictures has done for years.

However, this is the ideal situation imagined by Lan Li, and the actual operation must be much more difficult, and the uncontrollable results are far more than that. Deviations between planning and execution must be taken into account.

So, Lan Li needs Arthur to be in charge of this - if it's for Wall Street funding, then Andre and even Matthew's brother Henry Dunlop would be more suitable, but if it's for knocking the tide on the tiger, no one is more suitable than Arthur.

Arthur immediately understood Lan Li's intentions, but he didn't answer immediately, the emotions surging on the tip of his tongue were a little mixed, and he couldn't find words to describe them accurately.

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